Opportunity Information: Apply for FAA ARP IIJA G 26 002
The FY 2026 Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) FAA Contract Tower (FCT) Competitive Grant Program is a discretionary federal grant opportunity administered by the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Through this program, the FAA is making available up to $120 million in FY 2026 Airport Infrastructure Grant funds to support airport-owned air traffic control tower (ATCT) projects. The central goal is to address aging tower infrastructure across the national airport system by funding projects that keep towers safe, functional, and up to date.
The program focuses specifically on non-approach control towers and related systems. The FAA indicates it will consider a wide range of tower project types, including efforts to sustain existing tower facilities; construct new towers; repair, improve, rehabilitate, modernize, or replace towers; or relocate towers when justified. In addition to the building or structure itself, eligible work can include acquiring and installing air traffic control, communications, and related equipment used in those towers. The NOFO also allows for remote tower projects, as long as the remote tower is certified by the FAA, and it can include the acquisition and installation of the necessary air traffic control and communications equipment to operate that certified remote tower capability.
Eligibility is tied to participation in FAA tower programs and standard Airport Improvement Program (AIP) sponsor rules. Applicants must be airport sponsors approved in the FAA Contract Tower Program or the Contract Tower Cost Share Program (as described in 49 U.S.C. section 47124) and they must generally be the kinds of entities that are eligible for AIP competitive grants (49 U.S.C. section 47115). In practical terms, this includes a broad set of airport-owning or airport-sponsoring entities connected to public-use airports in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS), such as state governments, county governments, city or township governments, and special district governments, along with other eligible sponsor categories. The NOFO also notes special eligible applicants, including a public agency, private entity, state agency, Indian Tribe or Pueblo that owns a public-use NPIAS airport, as well as the Secretary of the Interior for Midway Island airport and certain Pacific sovereign entities (the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau). For finer-grained eligibility categories and how the FAA defines each sponsor type, the NOFO points applicants to Table 2-1 in the AIP Handbook (FAA Order 5100.38) and to the FAA NPIAS resources for confirmation that an airport is included in the national plan.
From the source details provided, the opportunity is listed under CFDA number 20.117 and is categorized as a discretionary grant. The funding opportunity number is FAA-ARP-IIJA-G-26-002. The posted award ceiling is $83,300,000, which typically refers to the maximum expected size of an individual award under this notice (even though total program funding available is described as up to $120 million). The opportunity record shows an original closing date of 2026-02-17 and a creation date of 2026-01-20. Applicants should rely on the full FY 2026 NOFO text and related FAA AIP guidance for the specific eligibility tests, required application components, and any programmatic conditions that may apply to tower projects, equipment procurement, and remote tower certification expectations.Apply for FAA ARP IIJA G 26 002
- The Airport Improvement Program Discretionary Grants in the transportation sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "FY 2026 Notice of Funding Opportunity: Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) FAA Contract Tower (FCT) Competitive Grant Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 20.117.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2026-01-20.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2026-02-17. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $83,300,000.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Others.
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